2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team

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2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball
Florida Atlantic Owls baseball logo.svg
Conference Conference USA
Record10-6 (0-0 C-USA)
Head coach
Home stadiumFAU Baseball Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021  →
2020 Conference USA baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –12–4–0 .750
Southern Miss  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –12–4–0 .750
FIU  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –10–5–0 .667
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –11–6–0 .647
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –10–6–0 .625
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –10–6–0 .625
UTSA  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –10–7–0 .588
Charlotte  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –9–8–0 .529
UAB  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –7–9–0 .438
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –7–10–0 .412
Marshall  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –4–10–1 .300
Rice  ‍‍‍0–0–0 –2–14–0 .125
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of March 16, 2020 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2020 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton, Florida, campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his eleventh season at Florida Atlantic. On March 16, 2020, the Conference USA announced that all spring sport competition and championships, including baseball, have been cancelled. [2]

Contents

Previous season

The 2019 Owls finished 41–21 overall, and 22–8 in the conference. They lost in the Athens Regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA pre poll was released on January 29, 2020 with the Owls predicted to finish in second place. [3]

Media poll
Predicted finishTeam1st Place Votes
1Southern Miss6
2Florida Atlantic4
3Louisiana Tech-
4Old Dominion-
5Rice1
6FIU1
7WKU-
8UAB-
9UTSA-
10Marshall-
11Charlotte-
12Middle Tennessee-

Schedule and results

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordC-USA record
February 14 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium
Boca Raton, FL 		8–4Reese (1–0)Ludman (0–1)None7871–00-0
February 15DelawareNo. 40FAU Baseball Stadium9–5Kostantis (1–0)Silan (0–1)None7182–00-0
February 16DelawareNo. 40FAU Baseball Stadium8-25 [a] Ireson (1–0)Wakeley (0–1)None5323–00-0
February 18 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium6–4Entenza (1–0)T. Shuck (0–2)Hartigan (1)6204–00-0
February 21 Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium9–8Entenza (2–0)DiRado (0–1)None5345–00-0
February 22BinghamtonFAU Baseball StadiumPostponed (rain)Makeup: February 23 as a doubleheader [4]
February 23 (1)BinghamtonFAU Baseball Stadium9–4Reese (2–0)Satriale (0–1)None5986–00-0
February 23 (2)BinghamtonFAU Baseball Stadium11–4Visconti (1–0)Kopcza (0–1)None5987–00-0
February 28No. 5 Texas Tech Dick Howser Stadium
Tallahassee, FL 		1–7Brustoski (1–0)Reese (2–1)None4,2497–10-0
February 28No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium1–5Van Eyk (1–0)Josey (0–1)None4,2497–20-0
February 29No. 9 Florida StateDick Howser Stadium6–16Anderson (1–0)Waterbor (0–1)Ahearn (1)5,4437–30-0
: ^[a] Shortened due to rain
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordC-USA record
March 3No. 1 Florida FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches
West Palm Beach, FL 		3–7Luethje (2–0)DeGusipe (0–1)None1,9847–40-0
March 4No. 7 Miami (FL) FAU Baseball Stadium11–2Cooley (1–0)McFarlane (1–2)None1,1668–40-0
March 6 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium4–2Josey (1–1)Murphy (2–2)Hartigan (2)5019–40-0
March 7NortheasternFAU Baseball Stadium7–10Jacobsak (2–1)Reese (2–2)Dufault (3)5519–50-0
March 8NortheasternFAU Baseball Stadium1–6Keane (3–1)Visconti (1–1)None4649–60-0
March 10 Penn FAU Baseball Stadium5–0Entenza (3–0)Shoemaker (0–1)None54910–60-0
March 11PennFAU Baseball StadiumCancelled [5]
March 13 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex
Norfolk, VA 		Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) [6]
March 14Old DominionBud Metheny Baseball Complex
March 15Old DominionBud Metheny Baseball Complex
March 18 Marist FAU Baseball Stadium
March 20 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium
March 21UABFAU Baseball Stadium
March 22UABFAU Baseball Stadium
March 24Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park
Coral Gables, FL
March 27 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
Ruston, LA
March 28Louisiana TechJ. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
March 29Louisiana TechJ. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
March 31 UCF John Euliano Park
Orlando, FL
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordC-USA record
April 3 Southern Miss FAU Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 4Southern MissFAU Baseball Stadium
April 5Southern MissFAU Baseball Stadium
April 7UCFFAU Baseball Stadium
April 9 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field
Murfreesboro, TN
April 10Middle TennesseeReese Smith Jr. Field
April 11Middle TennesseeReese Smith Jr. Field
April 15Miami (FL)Alex Rodriguez Park
April 17 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium
April 18WKUFAU Baseball Stadium
April 19WKUFAU Baseball Stadium
April 21Florida McKethan Stadium
Gainesville, FL
April 24 FIU Infinity Insurance Park
Miami, FL
April 25FIUInfinity Insurance Park
April 26FIUInfinity Insurance Park
April 28 Bethune–Cookman FAU Baseball Stadium
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordC-USA record
May 1 UTSA FAU Baseball StadiumCanceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 2UTSAFAU Baseball Stadium
May 3UTSAFAU Baseball Stadium
May 5Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium
Fort Myers, FL
May 8 Rice Reckling Park
Houston, TX
May 9RiceReckling Park
May 10RiceReckling Park
May 14 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium
May 15CharlotteFAU Baseball Stadium
May 16CharlotteFAU Baseball Stadium
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled
Bold = Florida Atlantic team member
Schedule Source: [7]

Roster

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore
  • 12 - Corey Ireson - Junior
  • 14 - Zach Asnes - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 15 - Brycen Allen - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior
  • 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore
  • 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore
  • 22 - Jackson Vescelus - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman
  • 27 - Dylan O'Connell - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore
  • 30 - Michael Schuler - Sophomore
  • 31 - Dylan Carter - Senior
  • 34 - Ryan Sandberg - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior
  • 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman
  • 38 - Matt Sparling - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman
  • 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 25 - Tucker Mitchell - Freshman
  • 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 - Cade Parker - Freshman
  • 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior
  • 5 - Garrett Evans - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 6 - Francisco Urbaez - Senior
  • 7 - Alex Arauz - Junior
  • 8 - Andru Summerall - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore
  • 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman
  • 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior
  • 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior
  • 17 - Charlie Concannon - Graduate Student
  • 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman
  • 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore

Coaching staff

Coaching Staff
  • John McCormack - Head Coach - 12th year
  • Greg Mamula - Hitting Coach - 5th year
  • David Kopp - Pitching Coach - 3rd year
  • Tristan McGinnis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1st year
  • Gunnar Lambert - Graduate Manager - 1st year

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234Final
Coaches' [8] RVRV*———
Baseball America [9] ——————
Collegiate Baseball^ [10] 40—————
NCBWA† [11] RVRVRVRV——
D1Baseball [12] ——————

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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References

  1. ↑ "Conference USA baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball.
  2. ↑ "Conference USA Cancels Spring Sport Competition". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ "BASE: 2020 Preseason Awards".
  4. ↑ "Baseball's Saturday Game Postponed; Rescheduled as Part of Sunday Doubleheader". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Baseball's Finale against Penn Canceled". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Competition Has Been Suspended". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Baseball Unveils 2020 Schedule" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Athletics. November 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ Baseball Coaches Poll
  9. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  10. ↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  11. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
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  13. ↑ "Baseball's Hartigan Earns C-USA Weekly Honor". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 24, 2020.
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